The article below covered the Great Republican Youtube Tantrum yesterday in the House as they argued for offshore drilling and in the interests of big oil.
Notice which large corporation presented (i.e. underwrote the reporter's salary) the article.
Monday, August 04, 2008
Psychologically, I'm very confused, but personally I feel just wonderful.
Coursework:
Exxon Mobile,
House Republicans,
In the Good Old Summertime,
media,
Oil Prices
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When did a filibuster become a talkathon?
I am glad that they are concerned about gas prices in 2018...about the time that oil would start flowing. Well, the 1% of our consumption we would get out of it anyway (or some other low percentage).
The gov't needs to send the oil companies a bill for our Middle East policy for the last 50 years. That would just about wipe out their unearned profits.
Ha! Excellent screen capture.
don-
It's more a political excuse more than anything, IMO. They have to make it look like they're doing SOMETHING even though they're entirely in the pockets of big oil.
The gov't needs to send the oil companies a bill for our Middle East policy for the last 50 years. That would just about wipe out their unearned profits.
Short of that a windfall profits tax would be a good start.
Monkey-
Thanks!
Is there some secretive, Soros-ian connection I'm supposed to see, commie?
Excellent! And they don't even realize how obvious they are!!
Conspiracy theories! Just like when politicians take big donations and vote in the interests of their donors is completely a coincidence. And yeah, sadly, I'm looking at both candidates - yet again.
The republic is in peril, Luke. Actually, it's been absconded with...
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